Global Transition
Our Path Into The Future
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Our present societal system, built upon what came before and determining the way we live, work and learn, is most recently based on a set of core ideas that guided the development of the 18th Century Industrial Revolution & ensuing centuries; the time when atmospheric build-up of fossil fuel emissions began. These ideas constitute the foundations of our current politics, economics, education, science, technology, religion, trade, transport, work patterns & relationships to name but a few, although built upon the principles of much earlier civilisations. They can be thought of as a "story" or n...
Our present societal system, built upon what came before and determining the way we live, work and learn, is most recently based on a set of core ideas that guided the development of the 18th Century Industrial Revolution & ensuing centuries; the time when atmospheric build-up of fossil fuel emissions began. These ideas constitute the foundations of our current politics, economics, education, science, technology, religion, trade, transport, work patterns & relationships to name but a few, although built upon the principles of much earlier civilisations. They can be thought of as a "story" or narrative that governs our thinking in these areas. They are what society currently regards as normal. They are not inevitable, and they are beginning to change as the old story collapses and society becomes increasingly dysfunctional. This book outlines the main features of the story, how it came into being through multiple transitional periods in human history and how it is related to the whole system crisis into which we are sinking. The historical development of our current political, economic and scientific systems is looked at in detail. The story has undoubtedly brought us multiple benefits, including the way that we are now an integrated world community, with a planetary real-time communications system accessible to most. However, it has also brought us to a point where our entire global society is in danger of collapse from climate change, environmental destruction, warfare and a way of life that is harming both ourselves and the natural world of which we are an interdependent part. The book also details how, beginning in the 20th century, a new story began to emerge, which indicates a direction that humanity can choose to take if we are to reverse this trend; a new transitional era that has already begun.
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